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• Danaus
  Danaus

  noun

  a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night.
• Danaüs
  Danaüs

  noun

  Greek myth a king of Argos who told his fifty daughters, the Danaides, to kill their bridegrooms on their wedding night

Danaus

American  

[dan-ey-uhs] / ˈdæn eɪ əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night.

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Danaüs British  

/ ˈdænɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a king of Argos who told his fifty daughters, the Danaides, to kill their bridegrooms on their wedding night

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Danaus Danaüs

To be clear, most of the large, orange-and-black butterflies known as Danaus plexippus are doing just fine.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 4, 2023

Danaus plexippus is also native throughout the rest of the Americas, with stable populations found in Florida, through the entirety of Central America and the Caribbean, and as far south as Venezuela.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service to list the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus plexippus, as a threatened species to give it more habitat protection.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2020

The fall journey takes the monarch, Danaus plexippus, thousands of kilometers south to the mountains of Mexico for the winter.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 1, 2014

Belus married Anchinoe, daughter of Nile, who gave birth to AEgyptus, Danaus, Cepheus, and Phineus.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

There were fifty of them, all of them daughters of Danaüs, one of Io’s descendants, who dwelt by the Nile.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The Chorus consists of the daughters of Danaüs, and there are only three characters,--Danaüs, a Herald, and Pelasgus King of Argos.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert

Is he not always rolling the stone of Sysiphus, gyrating on the wheel of Ixion, hankering after the waters of Tantalus, filling the sieves of the daughters of Danaüs?

From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony

Danaüs and Aegyptus, brothers, and descendants of Io and Epaphus, had settled near Canopus at the mouth of the Nile.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert